2024-08-07 07:24:00
The triathletes were informed about the analyzes of the water of the Seine before the mixed relay on Monday, including violations of regulatory rates at one of the four test points, the organizing committee of the Olympic Games in Paris (Cojo) showed.
After canceling two training sessions this weekend because the Seine was not clean enough, the International Triathlon Federation (World Triathlon) decided on Sunday afternoon to continue the race, according to the organizers.
“These results were presented to the athletes and there was no objection to swimming” on his part, Cojo spokeswoman Anne Descamps said during a press briefing.
Shortly before this decision to keep the mixed relay was announced, the Belgian Olympic committee revealed that their triathlete Claire Michel was ill, raising questions about the health of the river.
Generally, this decision to hold the race or not is made at night, a few hours before, on the basis of analyzes that go back 24 hours, as well as criteria such as smell, appearance of the water, and the weather for the last few hours. This system means that we can only be sure afterwards if the water was floatable or not at the exact moment of the test.
Since the start of the Olympic Games, four training sessions have been cancelled, and the men’s triathlon event had to be postponed by one day. When asked on the basis of the decision on Sunday evening, Cojo spokeswoman Anne Descamps stated:weather“and”predictive analytics“.
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“Natural environment”
The results were “shared“with the athletes and”we will share results (analysis) with them from tomorrow morning“(Tuesday), she assured.
She read to journalists what the World Triathlon informed the athletes on Monday morning: the decision was made because “continued improvement in water quality following heavy rain in the Paris region on 1 and 2 August“, of”sunny weather August 4 with high temperature“. She also stated “the results of the analysis from August 4 at 5:30 am taken at the four collection points between 727 and 1,553 CFU/ml” for the bacteria E. Coli, the most problematic.
The regulatory threshold is set at 1,000. The rate of 1,553 was therefore higher, but it was only one of the four control points and, for this problematic point, the second laboratory measured all the rates below the threshold, according to the text read by Ms. Descamps.
In addition to the Belgian sportswoman, some triathletes reported gastric discomfort, without establishing a connection with swimming.
Pierre Rabadan, representative of the Olympic Games in the town hall in Paris, refused for his “mixed result“on the Olympic events in the Seine.”We run all the events and are committed to them, we are in a natural sport that develops in a natural environment“, he said. “There is currently no direct link between Zine and any disease.“, sure it.”There are plenty of other athletes who are sick in the village as well who are not swimming in the Seine and we talk about that a little less“, he slipped without further details.
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